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Stanford's Best English-Language Fiction of the 20th Century

The top 200 English-language novels, based on a composite list and ranking from Stanford University.
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avg. score: 33 of 200 (17%)
required scores: 1, 15, 23, 31, 49 
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four
3
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
4
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
5
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
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Ulysses
Ulysses
7
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
8
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
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9
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
10
Slaughter-House-Five
Slaughter-House-Five
11
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
12
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
13
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
14
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
15
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
16
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
17
Toni Morrison: Beloved
Toni Morrison: Beloved
18
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises
19
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
20
Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind
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21
On the Road
On the Road
22
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse
23
J.R.R. Tolkien. the Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien. the Lord of the Rings
24
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
25
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
26
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
27
My Antonia
My Antonia
28
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
29
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
30
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
31
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
32
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
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33
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
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Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome
36
The Hobbit
The Hobbit
37
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
38
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
39
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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As I Lay Dying (Mississippi)
As I Lay Dying (Mississippi)
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